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@beantin @val_brigatti Well, read access from the OS.
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The system built normalized prejudice into our emojis. It's bizarre but should be completely unsurprising.
See the thread for more examples. x.com/brookLYNevery1…
In the future, backspacing emojis will be a simple history lesson.
x.com/djnemec/status…
My take: Once we only had light-skinned yellow emojis. There was a call for more diversity in color and constellations (same-gender partnerships, rainbow families). As this was added, the diversity became an add-on, thus leaving in plain sight what was considered default.
So in the ambition to right what enough people in time agreed was wrong, the prejudice is exposed - and cemented - by the order in which ligatures are built.
I agree that it is a feature - and can make logical, programmatic sense - but it dismisses the emotional charge of so clearly displaying in which order history decided they were valid enough for inclusion.
To systematically build in such a way that backspacing always leaves us with the light-skinned yellow man (or only having heterosexual partnerships as a unit) tells us something about society and the makers of tech.
I very much doubt that it is with any expressed intent, or even conscious intent, that these biases are exposed in ligatures. Hence why it is a perfect illustration of something systemic.
I acknowledge that the “white” people ligatures are built the same way, always ending on the yellow man. But those emojis did not come about due to a call for diversity, they were a side-product of it.
And still the light-skinned men prevail.
↪ Replying to @val_brigatti
@val_brigatti @beantin There's not supposed to be read access to the enclave where the fingerprint is stored.
But I honestly don't know what to trust anymore.
idownloadblog.com/2014/02/26/app…
↪ Replying to @val_brigatti
@val_brigatti @beantin Yeah for me as well. I'm thinking people who do need encrypted communication to stay safe can be especially vulnerable. Some injustices are not exposed without it
↪ Replying to @KoloKennethK
@KoloKennethK I was at home 8 months with my first child. 6 months with my second. For perspective. But that was when their mother went back to work after 6-8 months of her parental leave. I also had 14 days at home after birth. This was 17 years ago.
(I live in Sweden)
Some really good tips here. x.com/markuswelin/st…
Trying to stay private online? Think again. This one's a doozy....
via @beantin
Google says hackers have put ‘monitoring implants’ in iPhones for years
theguardian.com/technology/201…
@beantin This sounds so so bad...
"With such deep system access, the attackers could also potentially read or listen to communications sent through encrypted messaging services, like WhatsApp, iMessage, or Signal."
wired.com/story/ios-atta…
Some hugely useful skills for giving and receiving feedback to pick up on here. Whatever you work with. x.com/uxpodcast/stat…
↪ Replying to @mulegirl
@mulegirl Captions FTW. It’s how kids in Sweden become proficient in English. Although in our case it’s subtitles rather than captions. Or actually, kids tend to progress from subtitles (translation) to captions (text version of speech) as tweenagers. I have no data on this. 😂
↪ Replying to @unknown
@skitsystem Men vafan är det som pågår...
@skitsystem Ja det vet jag ju vad som pågår men trött blir man.
Good rundown of the background and links to stories about all the problematic components of this commercialized surveillance relationship the police have with Ring.
#digitalethics x.com/thenextweb/sta…
Amazon's Ring is a perfect storm of privacy threats.
eff.org/deeplinks/2019…
Amazon Is Coaching Cops on How to Obtain Surveillance Footage Without a Warrant
vice.com/en_us/article/…
Amazon Requires Police to Shill Surveillance Cameras in Secret Agreement
vice.com/en_us/article/…
Amazon’s Ring Barred Cops From Using 'Surveillance' to Describe Its Products (e-mail exchange)
gizmodo.com/ring-barred-co…
Robocall-blocking apps TrapCall, Truecaller, & Hiya were monetizing consumer data by sending it to third party analytics companies, often without consent.
techcrunch.com/2019/08/09/man…
via @DuckDuckGo
We are actually going through a fair bit of data privacy issues with schools right now in Sweden. Feel like I need to translate a couple of my Swedish posts now. x.com/Iwillleavenow/…
↪ Replying to @tsvenson
@tsvenson Fair enough. It's the bitter old grumbling man inside me that wishes it wasn't so ;)
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@tsvenson @feedbin Yes, both Facebook and LinkedIn had RSS feeds that they scrapped. They want the web to be more closed than open... 😞
↪ Replying to @tsvenson
@tsvenson For me, RSS is a basic blog feature, hence my question ;)
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@tsvenson And so a CMS that does not support RSS could be marketed as a tool for bloggers?
↪ Replying to @theDayrooth
@theDayrooth Is this an argument for or against? 🤔
If a blog does not have an RSS feed, is it really a blog? Discuss.
As a sidenote I consume most of my media via the brilliant @Feedbin now. I believe RSS is making a comeback and not having it will make you fall behind.
Pro tip: Feedbin also manages Twitter following of people, tags, lists, search queries. And e-mail newsletters!
I think we need to stop for a moment and appreciate this response from @DARPA: x.com/darpa/status/1…
Then we can panic.
